Pim Island
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Pim Island | |
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Geography | |
Location | Northern Canada |
Coordinates | Coordinates: |
Archipelago | Queen Elizabeth Islands Canadian Arctic Archipelago |
Administration | |
Canada | |
Territory | Nunavut |
Qikiqtaaluk Region | |
Demographics | |
Population | Uninhabited |
Pim Island is located off the eastern coast of Ellesmere Island, part of the Qikiqtaaluk Region of the Canadian territory of Nunavut. Located within the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, it is a part of the Queen Elizabeth Islands.
Pim Island is separated from Ellesmere Island by Rice Strait, the waterway that connects Rosse Bay to the north and Buchanan Strait to the south.[1] Nares Strait is to the east. Pim Island is 6 km. from Cocked Hat Island.
[edit] References
- ^ Dieck, Herman Dieck (1885). The Marvellous Wonders of the Polar World. Philadelphia: Thompson National Pub. Co., 521. OCLC 6878914.